Cock or faucet.



A Nol 893,944.

J. W. SHARP, JH.

COCK AOR FAUGET. APPLICATION FILED 1330.131906.

PATENTED JULY 2l, 1908.

UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEErcEQ,

:fOsErn wfsnlinr, in., or? in-iiLanELPHiA, PENNSYLVANIA; AssIGNoR ToHamas; 'JONES l AND oaDBUnrooinmNr, or .nn1LADELrEiA, PENNSYLVANIA-,faCORPORATION' or .1- To all y'whom' it concern:

. l j lrEintsrnvANIA.

Be it known that"I,"J'osE1 H W.v naar, Jr.,

ha citizen of the United States,` residingat Phil-adelphia, `in thecounty of Philadelphia and State of ',lf"ennsylvania,y have 'inventedlnew and useful Improvements vinfCocks or l.y aueets, `of which theyfollowingis 'ajs'p'ecica-y cock whichisThepresentinventionrelatesto'cocks or 10 faucets,xand' has for its'o'bject t'cprovide "a eculiarly ladapted "for laundry' tubs, 'althoug Ytoilet'b'ath tubs.l Its value inconnection with baths resides' inthefact"thatitsy'con struction yis such' as to prevent thefilling ofpailsfor rinsing of 'receptacles'beneath it;

while in laundry tubs it is particularly s'eful j for the reason thatthere are no1p`io'ject'ing.

'. and` depending nozzleslto' catch andjtear delicate fabricswhich areIbeing laundered.`

Furthermore, the cock is so constructed that it will deliver water at'fullcapacity with a I' the tu-b'or standgv` minimum "volume `of` noisevand its struc- Briefly statedr'the` invention ,residesin a 'cock orfaucet designed to be locatedwithin 'fa tub or vessel and having itsoutlet arranged to, discharge' alongl a substantially',vertical wallthereof, cpmprising a I,valve-chamber provided with means lwhereby itmaybesecured against the vessel wall, adis'charge pas- .sageopeningradially through aiwall of the chamber, means forv determining and positioning the said discharge passage close to the vessel wal-ll to securethe stated objects, a valve and valveseat arranged in'said chamber, andexposedmeans for manipulating the valve to controlthe flow of fluidthroughthe discharge passage.

The invention resides furtherfin a faucet of compact forinwherein thecasting 'in which the valve-chamber is formed is rovided at its basewith an abutment, whic may be in the formloi a, scutcheon, face-plate"or llang'e adapted to abut the wall to which'the faucet is to beattached, and a radial discharge pas- -v sageyleading from the valvechamber and traversing said scutcheOn, 'face-plate or flange, asdistlngulshed from ythose prior constructions wherein the dischargepassage isl in the forni` of a spout projecting from the valve-chamberat a point removed from the base ofthe casting.

'j COCK on FAUCET.

i Specification of Letters Instant.` appiicetionalaneembr?,1906.slrlialijaagaiso. 'f

.movedg Figl-` 3 is a view looking at .the deu's'eful in lconnectionwith g j Ascut'chepn 6 of .any

said late y6. being comparatively thinso as i to su y stantially mergeinto andl break. but 1slightlyfthe j whichitrests i i Projectingrearwardly and centrally; of the Yvalve 1,0, `said y'valve 310 having"11 atitf's seating end ,which l:Patented `July 21, 19'08. j

the drawinglsherewithi have illustrated yone embodiment of ,my-invention `in .order that ythe same may be `clear to those skilled inthe arnaud in said drawings-Figurely is a central vertical section of'acock constructed vin accordance with my invention, -a'fsection of thetub wall being shown, together with ythe pipe connection; ll`ig.f2 f isa View infront elevation of the c0019,v lthe' valvebeing re liveryopening. y j

Referring. to the `drawings by numerals,

,like numbers indicating like parts .in theseveral views,2`indicates-'the tub wall,`lperfo rated for the passaoe of thenip le ofthejcock to engage the coupling 3, whic connects the pipe 'N4 and thecock, a washer being rovided against which coupling 3. bears wien itisset up toe drawv the cock snugly to position, all *as .shownin Fig.1.1 l f The `dck-prbper embodying means for determining and .jpositioning the delivery 1 passage, presently to be. described, close uptoor against the wall ofthe-vessel 2,' to secure the stated objects. -vThis meansdnthe arrange# ment illustrated com rises1aJ face :plate ordesired form, at being shown round in its present embodiment, y,the

,surfacef'of the wall v2 against plate 6. is the threaded setting-upnipple 7, which, as abovel stated, form-s themeans of securingV thecockga'ndl inlet pipe. together throughthe ,medium of the4 coupling..Proj ecting forwardly jand centrallyI of. thev late 6 is the ,valvecasing 8, theV interior of-w ich is enlargedi'toform a chamber9which maybe 'interiorly' threaded to .receive the,y threaded a fiber washer earsvagainst 'a seat .'12 formed on` a slightly contracted ring 13intermediatethevalve casing 8 andnipple '7 and an,operati11g,stem 14 andhandle 15 projecting fr om;its other end; apacked .cap

16 closing the end of the valve chamber 9 as clearly-shown inv Fig. 1..i y The plate 6 has fa radial enlargement or' thickened section 17,which is channeled with Aa straight-waydelivery passage 18 Vleading tovthechamber 9 of. the vvalve'I casing and dis-v charging therefrom atsubstantially right 'angles tothe inlet leading to the valve chamber,said delivery passage being preferably of the flattened form shown inFig. 3, so as that great capacity of flow wit-hout undue enlargement ofthe plate at this point is secured.

casting of the cock in the rough and the easy.

machining of the valve seat and traversing threads in the bore 'of thevalve chamber. Furthermore, the cock is formed in, a single piece with aminimum amount of metal and the necessity of independent scutcheons andfinished washers is entirely done away with.

Reference to Fig. 1A shows that the disposition of the delivery passage18 relative to the wall 2 of the tub is such that the discharge from thecock will be in the form of a thin broad stream from the flatteneddelivery opening, which will flow down the face of thel tub wallnoiselessly, and formation of jets will be entirely avoided. This samedisposition of the delivery opening in such close proximity to the wallof the tub as to revent the formation of jets, prohibits the' lin ofpails or the rinsingof receptacles Which 1s a.

thing desirable to avoid in tubs designed for toilet purposes. Again in'laundry tubs all danger of catching delicate fabrics on depending oroutstanding nozzles and tearing them is entirely avoided.-

It will be understood, of course, that the embodiment of my inventionshown anddescribed is merely illustrative, and as such changes as arewithin the skill ofthe mechanician, I deem within the purview of myinvention, Il do not limit myself to anything shown and described exceptin so far as I am limited by the prior art to which the inventionbelongs.

vI have herein stated that one of the objects ofthe invention is toprovide a construction wherein the delivery passage traverses theface-plate or scutcheon, and has its discharge end directed at right anles to` the setting-up nipple, and some of t e appended claims have beendrawn directly to such an arrangement; but I do not Wish to beunderstood as limiting myself to-thisspecific form of delivery passage,or to a construction wherein the discharge end of the delivery passageis arranged to deliver Water atexactly right angles to the setting-upnipple, as

it will be obvious that the discharge passage may be otherwise arranged,vand so far as some of the claims are concerned the particular directionof the discharge is immaterial. Having fully described my invention,A Iclaim:

1. A device of the class described com rising a scutcheon or face-plate,an integra Setthreads in the valve chamber, and a delivery passageleading from said chamber at a point coincident with. the valve seat andtraversing the scutcheon or face plate.

2. A device of the classdescribed comprising a scutcheon or face-plate,an integral setting-up nipple projecting centrally therefrom on oneside, an integrally formed valve-casing projecting centrally therefromon the opposite side and having its interior Walls screw-threaded, avalveeat lwithin the casing formed integral witi the lscutcheon orface-plate, an exteriorly threaded valve located within and having itsthreads in engagement with the threads in the valve-casing, and adelivery passage leading from said valve seat and traversing the saidfacelate, said delivery passage having its disc arge end directed in aline at right anglesto the setting-up nipple.

3. A device of the class described, comprising a scutcheon orface-plate, an integral setting-up nipple 7, projecting centrallytherefrom on one side, an integrally formed valve-.casing 8, projectingcentrally therefrom on the opposite side and provided with a threadedinterior, a 'valve-seat 12, Within the casing .formed integral'with thescutcheon or face-plate, a valve-stem 14 having aprising a valve-casingprovided with a set`4 ting-up nipple whereby i'r may be secured to thevessel Wall, an elongated discharge pas- .sa e opening radially througha wall of the va ve-casing, a flange surrounding the base of the casingand traversed by the discharge4 passage for determining and ositioningthe said passage close to the vesse wall to secure the stated obj ect, avalve-seat arranged within and formed integral with the casing, a-

valve, and exposed means for mani ulating the valve to control theopening an closing of the discharge passage.

Y l5. A faucet comprising a valve chamber provided at its base with ascutcheon or faceplate and an integrally formed oifstandin setting-upnip le whereby it may be 'secure to a vessel wa l, said valve chamberhavi a radial discharge passage which traverses a portion of thescutcheon or facel plate, a valve-seat formed integral with thescutcheon or face-plate, a valve within the chamber cooperative yassociated with the valve-seat and exposed means for manipulating thevalve.

6. A faucet comprising a valve-chamber having an abutment at one endprovided with a face adapted to abut a wall to which the faucet is to beattached, a setting-up'nipple formed integral with said abutment, saidvalve-chamber having a radial discharge passage which traverses aportion of the abutment, a valve-seat within the valve-chamber Aat oneend thereof, formed integral with the abutment and in line with thedischarge passage, a valve cooperatively associated with the valve-seat,and exposed means for manip-l ulating the valve, the construction andarrangement being such that a compact faucet -is provided whosedischarge passage will be disposed close to the wall to which the faucetis attached.

7. A faucet comprising a valve chamber provided at its base with ascutcheon or faceplate and an integral setting-up nipple, a

valve-seat formed integralfwith the scutcheon or face-plate, a radialdischarge passage leading from thevalve seat through a wall of thevalve-chamber and traversing said scutcheon or face-plate, a valvecoperatively associated with the valve seat, and exposed means formanipulating the valve.

8. A faucet comprising an interiorly threaded valve chamber providedwith a scutcheon or face-plate and an integral setting-up nipple, avalve-seat formed integral "with the scutcheon or face-plate, adischarge other side, a valve seat formed integral with the scutcheon, avalve in said chamber, and a straightway delivery passage leading fromsaid valve chamber and bounded by the said face plate, said deliverypassage having its discharge end directed in a line at right aIlgles tothe setting-up nipple.

vl0. A device of the class described comprising a face plate having anintegral centrally-disposed setting-up nipple projecting from one-side'and an integral thickened por-f.

tion and a'valve chamber traversed byv a straight through passage,projecting from the opposite side, the surface area of the faceplatebeing greater than the cross-sectional diameter of the valve-chamber, avalve in vsaid chamber, and a delivery passage at right angles to saidthroughf passage traversing said thickened portion ofsaid face-plate,said delivery passage being straight throughout its length.

l1. In a device of the class described, a scutcheon or face-platehaving. for'med integral therewith on opposite sides respectivelyT` asetting-up nipple anda valve chamber traversed by a straight throughpassage, a valve in said chamberf, 'and an integral thickened radialsection n said face-plate traversed by a straightway passage having itsdischarge end directed at right angles to and connected with saidthrough passage.

12. A faucet designed to discharge along a substantially vertical wallof a vessel, com-` prising an interiorly threaded valve-chamber providedwith a setting-up nipple whereby it may be secured to'the vessel Wall, aHarige surrounding the base of the chamber, a flattened dischargepassage opening radially through a wall of the chamber and traversingsaid fiange, a valve-seat formed integral with the base wall of thechamber, an exteriorly threaded valve arranged within and having itsthreads in engagement with the threads of the chamber, and exposed meansfor manipulating the valve. A

. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing Wit- IISSSGS.

JOSEPH W. SHARP, JR. Witnesses z MORTIMER A. JONES, W. BUR'roNlRICHARDS,

